If you don't have a lot of glass, the zoom will be more useful. The M200 is probably a somewhat sharper lens. Had one at one time. It was very good. Paul On Jul 22, 2010, at 6:40 PM, Eric Weir wrote:
> > I've won an SMC A 28mm f2.8 on eBay for $90. Other sellers were asking a > little to a lot more. > > I'm also thinking about a telephoto lens. If it was between an SMC A 70-210mm > F4 Macro and an SMC M 200mm f4, both about the same price. Assuming a > limited budget, and limited set of lenses already in hand, what would you > choose? [My camera's a *ist DS.] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > [email protected] > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

